On 8 February 2024, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, NS, presented its 2025 timetable. We already new there would be two Benelux / Amsterdammer / Brusselaar / Intercity Brussel train services per hour. But there’s more news. The Benelux train will swap Amsterdam Central Station for Amsterdam South (Amsterdam Zuid) due to engineering works and the service…
Month: February 2024
GREECE | Three full days in Mykonos without partying
Maspalomas on Gran Canaria. Sitges in Catalonia. Torremolinos in Andalusia. Mykonos in the Cyclades. These are arguably the main – and cliché – resort destinations for European gay beachgoers. But that’s not why Steve and I are going to Mykonos. We’re not beachgoers, we don’t have beach bodies, we don’t enjoy going out. No, we…
REVIEW | VIA Rail’s The Canadian four-day night train from Toronto to Vancouver
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
Is the four-day The Canadian night train journey something for you?
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS | ‘From scribble to cartoon, drawings from Bruegel to Rubens’
A bit very late to this party, I’m afraid. Until Sunday 18 February 2024, you can visit the temporary exhibition ‘From scribble to cartoon, drawings from Bruegel to Rubens‘ at Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp.
ANDORRA PARLIAMENT HOUSE | Casa de la Vall
September 2023. Oriol and I are flying to Toulouse for a road trip in Occitania and (French) Catalonia. We include the Principality of Andorra, which I can finally tick off the bucket list, and Llívia, Spain‘s exclave in France. Besides Toulouse we visit Mont-Louis, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Perpignan and Carcassonne.
ANTWERP | Memorial for the V-bombs moves to Rooseveltplaats
The work of art ‘Peace‘ (‘Vrede‘), which adorned the Wapper at Antwerp‘s big shopping street Meir for years, will be given a new place in the city. The memorial for the V-bombs in Antwerp in World War II is moving to the Franklin Rooseveltplaats (Franklin Roosevelt Square).
Antwerp Taste Masters or Smaakmeesters Deluxe culinary festival from 12 February to 3 March 2024
A new edition of Taste Masters Deluxe or Smaakmeesters Deluxe will take place from 12 February to 3 March 3 2024. Smaakmeesters position themelves as a “culinary event in the city of Antwerp with a refined twist.
Exploring every street of Chora (Χώρα) aka Mykonos Town
Maspalomas on Gran Canaria. Sitges in Catalonia. Torremolinos in Andalusia. Mykonos in the Cyclades. These are arguably the main – and cliché – resort destinations for European gay beachgoers. But that’s not why Steve and I are going to Mykonos. We’re not beachgoers, we don’t have beach bodies, we don’t enjoy going out. No, we…